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Compare Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 960GB vs Digital A1000 960GB

Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 960GB and Kingston Digital A1000 960GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (960 GB) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Performance (+31%), Interface, SSD Controller and Max Sequential Read.

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Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 960GB

Kingston Digital A1000 960GB

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Brand

Kingston

Brand

Kingston

Model

SKC1000/960G

Model

SA1000M8/960G

Release Date

📅 June 2017

Release Date

📅 December 2019

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Performance (Charts)

152nd / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

178th / 1746

(-31%)

Effective Value

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Effective Value

224th / 336

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Price/GB

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Price/GB

$0.21

GB/$1

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GB/$1

4.8

Series

KC1000

Series

A1000

Capacity

960 GB

Capacity

960 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x2

NVME

Yes

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Phison E7

SSD Controller

Phison E8

NAND Flash Type

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NAND Flash Type

3D TLC

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2700 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 1500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1600 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1000 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

1,000,000 hours

Options (2)

	240GB Drive Only
	480GB Drive Only

Options (6)

	120G SATA3 $19.99
	240G SATA3 $78.75
	480G SATA3 $109.99
	960G SATA3 $179.00
	240G PCIe NVMe $319.70
	480G PCIe NVMe

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 960GB:

Much better performance, around +31%

Reasons to buy the Kingston Digital A1000 960GB:

Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later

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